Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background:The present study was conducted for evaluating outcome among patients with Concomitant Fractures with Hip Fractures.Materials & methods:We evaluated data of 100 patients who underwent treatment for proximal femoral fractures. Data of only those patients were enrolled whose follow-up details upto one year was available. Among these 100 patients, 80 patients were of single hip fracture while 20 patients were of concomitant fractures. Surgical treatment of all the hip fractures with either internal fixation or hip arthroplasty. Mobilization was performed daily from the first postsurgical day. Postoperative radiographs of the fractured hip and, if present, of the concomitant fracture were routinely obtained. Surgical complications were recorded. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet followed by statistical analysis using SPSS software.Results:Mean age of the patients without and with concomitant fractures was 75.3 years and 72.1 years respectively. Among patients without concomitant fractures, Hematoma, Pleural infusion, Deep wound infection, Failure of osteosynthesis, Postoperative hemorrhage and Electrolyte imbalance was seen in 6.25 percent, 2.5 percent, 1.25 percent, 1.25 percent, 2.5 percent and 3.75 percent of the patients. Among the patients with concomitant fractures, hematoma and electrolyte balance was seen in 1 patient each. Non-significant results were obtained while comparing the complications among patients of both the study groups.Conclusion: Patients' ability to function was not significantly impacted by concomitant hip fractures. Surgical treatment of the concomitant fracture may potentially expedite functional recovery.